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fish-bellied

fish-bellied adjective: bellying or swelling out on the underside.

Adjective

fish-bellied (comparative more fish-bellied, superlative most fish-bellied)

  1. Bellying or swelling out on the underside.
    • a fish-bellied rail1840, American Railroad Journal and Mechanics' Magazine

Forms of fish-bellied

comparativemore fish-bellied
superlativemost fish-bellied

Questions about fish-bellied

What does fish-bellied mean?
Fish-bellied means bellying or swelling out on the underside.
What part of speech is fish-bellied?
Fish-bellied is an adjective.

Words near fish-bellied in the dictionary

  1. fish-and-chips
  2. fish-ball
  3. fish-balls
  4. fish-basket
  5. fish-baskets
  6. fish-bellied
  7. fish-belly girder
  8. fish-belly girders
  9. fish-blooded
  10. fish-brain
  11. fish-brained

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